How Is Grendel Portrayed In Beowulf

As depicted in the excerpt from Beowulf, translated by Burton Raffel, the qualities found in Beowulf that make him an Epic Hero Include: Beowulf travels to a new world, Beowulf is smarter than everyone else, and Beowulf fights monsters and he is Alone. When Beowulf hears about Grendel in Denmark, he takes his best men to travel to Hrothgar. Beowulf hears that Grendel can’t be killed by made weapons, so he takes off his armor and he fights Grendel with his bear hands. Beowulf fights both Grendel and Grendel’s mother, and both prove to be difficult to defeat. Beowulf is a strong warrior and is a great example of an epic hero

Hrothgar sent word about Grendel's rampage in Denmark and offered a reward for any warrior who can kill Grendel. Word got around to Geatland, where the mighty Beowulf lived, and he assembled his best soldiers and sailed off to Denmark to slay Grendel. Beowulf sailed for many days to reach Denmark, and faced many challenges along the way, but in the end, he made it safely to Denmark, and thanked God for the safe travel. Beowulf was then escorted to Hrothgar, who greeted him with delight, and told Beowulf how happy he was that he arrived. Hrothgar did however state that many other warriors have come, in hope to defeat Grendel, but all have fallen. Beowulf showed no fear, he told

Hrothgar and the citizens that he and his Geats will vanquish Grendel and free Denmark.
As the Battle with Grendel approaches, Beowulf thinks of his battle strategy.

Beowulf knows that Grendel can’t be beaten by human made weaponry, every other warrior that fought Grendel didn’t know about that flaw and all paid the price because of it. Beowulf also knows that Grendel wears no armor, so to ensure a fair fight, he will take off his armor. Grendel can not be defeated with a weapon, so Beowulf decides to fight him with his bear hands, and considering Beowulf's strength compared to Grendel, he knows it’ll be a pretty fair match. Beowulf rests, because he knows that a great fight will occur during the night, and he must appear to be asleep, to trick the

beast.
Grendal breaks down the door to the Herot and starts slaying Beowulf's men, until Grendel reached Beowulf, and their fight begins. Beowulf fights Grendel, Grendel does seem scared, but keeps fighting Beowulf. Ultimately, Beowulf wins, and rips Grendel’s arm off, as Grendel runs off, the arm is displayed as a trophy. Beowulf then fights Grendel's mother alone and it proves to be quite the challenge. Beowulf was on the brink of death, until he saw a sword in Grendel’s mother’s hole, Beowulf used the sword and killed Grendel's mother, and swam us to shore, with her head as a trophy.
Beowulf has proved to be an epic hero throughout his poem. Beowulf travels to Denmark to go fight Grendel. Beowulf is smarter because he knows how to defeat Grendel. Beowulf fights Grendel and his mother alone, and takes a body part from each as a trophy. Beowulf was a great leader, king, and hero and he will be missed by all.